Saturday, June 27, 2009

Here's to 'Never Say Never'



I've always been scared of roller coasters. It's not the height or loops that scare me, it's the feeling i get in my stomach when dropping that i dread. A couple years ago, i went to Knott's and freaked myself out on a couple rides. I told myself that would be the last time i rode roller coasters like that but somehow, today, i found myself standing in lines for rides that i told myself i would never ride again -.- We started off on the wimpy rides like big foot rapids, pony express, jaguar, and even those little sombrero teacup rides haha i eventually started wanting to feel that dropping feeling in my stomach, after all i haven't been on a real coaster in a while. So i agreed to go on BoomerRang with them and i ended up sitting on the last cart. Oh my gahhh i was freaking out when we got to the top of the slope and i was facing straight down waiting for the fall. Surprisingly the ride wasn't as bad as i anticipated it to be and what was even more shocking is that i wanted to feel that drop feeling again. i know right.. WHAT ZE HECK?! i went from fearing and completely dreading that feeling to actually being curious and wanting to experience it again. It's kinda like ultraviolet bug zapper lights and mosquitos.. even though there are consequences they always seem to go back to it. I don't even know if that was a good analogy for what im describing.. lol ignore that.. As i was saying, there was something different about it this time. I felt so alive. (as cheesy and lame as that sounds) and the thrill of it was just so addicting =X I ended the night with 2 rounds of silver bullet and a big bowl of shaved ice. In conclusion, i learned that setting limits for what i can/can not do only makes me miss out on things, trying things out more than once is necessary, and loops and twists on coasters are way less scary than they appear to be :)

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